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Voice Assistants – All about auto

Integration with the vehicle is essential A recent survey has found that voice assistants are quite widely used in the vehicle, but I think that until they are properly integrated,...

Microsoft Cortana – Dead or alive.

Cortana offers more dead than alive. With usage at rock bottom and its Cortana leader resigned, Microsoft is clearly distancing itself and its products from the hapless Cortana which now...

Wearables – Fossil fuel.

Wearables to remain fossilised. Google has purchased the right to use and disseminate core IP from Fossil for $40m (stoking rumours of a Pixel Watch) but I can’t see anything...

Android Q – Q is for Quiescent.

Google i/o shaping up to be a snooze. The next version of Android has leaked ahead of the usual developer preview and it looks to me like innovation in Android...

ByteDance – Staying private

ByteDance signals the Chinese IPO window may be closing. On top of its star service being hit with draconian regulations (see here) which will damage long-term prospects, the Chinese economy...

Chinese Ecosystems – Ball and Chain

A losing strategy. More draconian regulations are falling upon the Chinese ecosystems that I think will kill innovation, raise costs and severely hamper China’s ambitions to lead the world in...

CES 2019 – Dark horses of Vegas.

Interesting offerings that slipped through the cracks. Real wireless power Thanks to Apple, wireless charging using the Qi standard is now everywhere, but far more interesting is the possibility to...

Xiaomi – Under the wire.

Xiaomi finally in range. The noise and bustle of CES have distracted many commentators from the dreadful performance at Xiaomi which is now starting to be properly priced into the...

CES Day 1 – AI, assistants & 8K.

Artificial Intelligence: La-La Land. The most abused term award at CES 2019 goes to artificial intelligence where almost everyone is using it but almost no one seems to know what...

CES Day 0 – Planes, yachts & Digital assistants

Autonomous hype becomes more realistic. Planes, yachts & automobiles. CES 2019 is even more about vehicles than it ever has been before but to the industry’s credit, there is more...